#DEDD48#DEDD48

#DEDD48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.165 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD48
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 67.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.86, -17.04, 69.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.86, 71.72, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.23% -0.0536 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(87.23% 0.165 109)
XYZ	xyz(57.1523, 67.7121, 16.1888)
Luminance	0.6771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD48 #4849DE

analogous

#DE9248 #DEDD48 #94DE48

triadic

#DEDD48 #48DEDD #DD48DE

tetradic

#DEDD48 #48DE92 #4849DE #DE4894

square

#DEDD48 #48DE92 #4849DE #DE4894

split-complementary

#DEDD48 #4894DE #9248DE

monochromatic

#91911A #C5C424 #DEDD48 #E7E77C #F1F0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#DEDD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD48

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD48	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.165 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece783',
    500: '#dedd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd48;
$custom-light: #ece783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.6,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87226,
    "c": 0.16458,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.6771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD48

secondary

#343596

accent

#3DEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD48

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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